Delayed notes: Responding to two unsettling street encounters in Santiago

IF 1.6 2区 社会学 Q2 GEOGRAPHY
Area Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI:10.1111/area.12932
Soledad Martínez
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Abstract

A common fieldwork recommendation is to keep a notebook and to write descriptions and reflections in it as soon as possible after each spell of participant observation. The idea is that we should record the details of the situations we encounter while they are still fresh in our memory. But sometimes, when faced with challenging situations, this may not be the best time to write. In this short article, I reflect on the timing of notetaking and how the more reflective purpose of fieldnotes may require more flexibility about how and when to take notes. Drawing on my PhD focused on pedestrian mobilities in Santiago, Chile, and with reference to two unsettling fieldwork experiences, I examine the merits of delayed and experimental notetaking in pursuit of both personal wellbeing and more insightful entries.

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延迟说明:应对圣地亚哥两次令人不安的街头邂逅
田野工作的一个常见建议是,在每次参与观察之后,都要保留一个笔记本,并尽快在上面写下描述和思考。这样做的目的是,在我们对所遇到的情况记忆犹新时,记录下它们的细节。但有时,当遇到具有挑战性的情况时,这可能不是写作的最佳时机。在这篇短文中,我将反思记笔记的时机,以及田野笔记更多的反思性目的是如何要求在记笔记的方式和时间上更具灵活性的。我的博士论文主要研究智利圣地亚哥的行人流动性,并参考了两次令人不安的田野工作经历,探讨了延迟记笔记和试验性记笔记的优点,以追求个人健康和更有洞察力的记录。
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Area
Area GEOGRAPHY-
CiteScore
5.20
自引率
13.60%
发文量
80
审稿时长
24 weeks
期刊介绍: Area publishes ground breaking geographical research and scholarship across the field of geography. Whatever your interests, reading Area is essential to keep up with the latest thinking in geography. At the cutting edge of the discipline, the journal: • is the debating forum for the latest geographical research and ideas • is an outlet for fresh ideas, from both established and new scholars • is accessible to new researchers, including postgraduate students and academics at an early stage in their careers • contains commentaries and debates that focus on topical issues, new research results, methodological theory and practice and academic discussion and debate • provides rapid publication
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